• Histocompatibility, or tissue compatibility, is the property of having the same, or sufficiently similar, alleles of a set of genes called human leukocyte...
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    The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a large locus on vertebrate DNA containing a set of closely linked polymorphic genes that code for cell surface...
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    MHC class I molecules are one of two primary classes of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules (the other being MHC class II) and are found on...
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    MHC Class II molecules are a class of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules normally found only on professional antigen-presenting cells such...
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    rejection less frequently than those of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Minor histocompatibility antigens (MiHAs) are diverse, short segments of...
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  • sponsors the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (formerly the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics), and offers...
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    Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes code for cell surface proteins that facilitate an organism's immune response to pathogens as well as its ability...
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  • RNA is unstable and prone to degradation. Graft-versus-host disease Histocompatibility Mulley, William R.; Hudson, Fiona; Lee, Darren; Holdsworth, Rhonda...
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    domain – NAIP (NLR family apoptosis inhibitor protein), C2TA (major histocompatibility complex class II transcription activator), HET-E (incompatibility...
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  • 19th chromosome in humans. Histocompatibility antigen, a major factor in graft rejection. Even when Major Histocompatibility Complex genotype is perfectly...
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    on histocompatibility molecules. The T cells selectively recognize the antigens; depending on the antigen and the type of the histocompatibility molecule...
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    is a class I surface molecule encoded by the B locus in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on chromosome 6 and presents antigenic peptides (derived...
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    uninfected cells by recognizing changes of a surface molecule called major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I. NK cells are activated in response to a family...
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    superantigens also may cause sepsis. Superantigens simultaneously bind major histocompatibility complex and T-cell receptors in the absence of antigen presentation...
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    Neanderthals had a similar or higher genetic diversity for 12 major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes associated with the adaptive immune system, casting...
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    A pentameric protein is a quaternary protein structure that consists of five protein subunits. Five sub-units come together to form a channel. Each channel...
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  • also affects the sexual attraction of insects and mammals. The major histocompatibility complex genes are important for the immune system, and appear to play...
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  • journal published by Elsevier in behalf of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. It contains original research articles, review...
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    their relevance to histocompatibility. After identifying that a two-allele leucocyte antigen group had an influence on histocompatibility and observing the...
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    physiological effects and a partial resistance to malaria. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes exhibit extensive variation, generally attributed...
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    T cells recognise their target antigens in combination with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins. Viruses infect host cells and reproduce inside...
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  • may be important in vertebrate animals for heterosis is the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Vertebrates inherit several copies of both MHC class...
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    interleukin 10 (hIL-10) and another is by downregulation of the major histocompatibility complex II (MHC II) in infected cells. Research conducted on cytomegalovirus...
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  • MHC class III is a group of proteins belonging the class of major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Unlike other MHC types such as MHC class I and MHC...
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    different studies, rheumatoid arthritis is strongly linked to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens. The only cells in the body that express...
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  • MHC may refer to: Major histocompatibility complex, a highly polymorphic region on chromosome 6 with genes particularly involved in immune functions Myosin...
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    is a signal of immunological health. Women prefer men with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genotypes and odor different from themselves especially...
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    been discovered in a gene complex called the major histocompatibility complex. The histocompatibility complex is a complex part of DNA that controls the...
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    Major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 1, also known as HLA-DQA1, is a human gene present on short arm of chromosome 6 (6p21.3) and also...
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  • different molecules. Major histocompatibility complex Human leukocyte antigen HLA-DP "Entrez Gene: HLA-DPA1 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP...
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